Citation

McCord J, Otten L. Crim. Justice Behav. 1983; 10(1): 3-12.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0093854883010001001

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Circumstantial evidence seems to indict the women's movement for contributing to an increase in crime. This article reports a study designed to assess that putative relationship. Responses to questionnaires measured aggressiveness, criminal behavior, and attitudes toward sex roles. Males showed greater aggression and more criminality, while females concurred with more of the profeminist judgments. Aggressiveness was significantly correlated with criminality among both males and females. Most importantly, the data lend no support to a view that profeminist attitudes contribute to criminality. For each sex, attitudes toward women's rights and criminality were unrelated.

Language: en